Former defensive end at UAB. 2024: 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
6′5″ · 260 lb · Jackson, TN
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former defensive end at UAB. 2024: 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKendall Johnson
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. He has spent two seasons in the UAB defensive front. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Navy — Week 5, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at UAB, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Trent Dilfer, all balanced offenses — 7-17 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Mortensen
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 41–3
vs Alcorn State
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-3vs Alcorn State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 6-32@ UL Monroe | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 18-41vs Navy | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 20-71vs Tulane | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-44@ Army | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-21vs Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-31vs UConn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 40-14vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 27-29@ Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 13 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Tavion Woodard’s 2023 season.
Matches Tavion on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Linus Zunk's sophomore season at Vanderbilt (2024).
Matches Linus on
Player DNA